I spoke w/ Cheryl Pilcher at NAIAS who shared this with me. I also asked Jason @ z28.com to confirm (and he did). I didn't want to put something out there and have folks get upset without doing a 'double-take'.

Actually, you should hope they are, unless you are also want CGM. If there is a constraint on CGM, your dealer would be smart to move other cars ahead in the line to get those built with his monthly allowance while people wait for the CGM contraint to be lifted.

Actually, you should hope they are, unless you are also want CGM. If there is a constraint on CGM, your dealer would be smart to move other cars ahead in the line to get those built with his monthly allowance while people wait for the CGM contraint to be lifted.

I chose CGM as well. Although if the dealer called me and said "you can be #1 if you wanna change your color" I'd probably switch to SIM.

We've known about this for a while. What is new is the fact that we will be seeing them in April. So the constraint on CGM is only about a month. Not too bad. Before we had no idea how long it was gonna take.

Wow you guys are taking this awfully well considering the general reaction to the ambient lighting issues. I find both issues to be unacceptable and the result of poor decision making. But that's just me.

Actually, you should hope they are, unless you are also want CGM. If there is a constraint on CGM, your dealer would be smart to move other cars ahead in the line to get those built with his monthly allowance while people wait for the CGM contraint to be lifted.

Wow you guys are taking this awfully well considering the general reaction to the ambient lighting issues. I find both issues to be unacceptable and the result of poor decision making. But that's just me.

I do as well. I'm guessing this was another reason for the month delay. However all the unexpected plant shutdowns due to financial reasons probably had a factor in the timing CGM becoming available.

But to me there's some big difference between CGM and ABL. We know what's going on with this. Maybe not the exact timing but we know the reasons and we know the solutions. ABL, however, we don't know squat. They won't tell us what the issues are, if they have a potential fix, if it will be delayed, or if it will ever even be put into the cars. We know CGM will be available and is a relatively simple problem to resolve (just pour different paint into the robot's buckets). ABL, however, is a mechanical/electrical issue and it seems like there's a good chance it won't ever make it into production. All we're left to do is speculate.